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Buttonwood

Buttonwood Meaning & Definition
Buttonwood Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Buttonwood?

[n] very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico

Synonyms | Synonyms for Buttonwood: American plane | American sycamore | Platanus occidentalis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Buttonwood:

See Also | genus Platanus | plane tree | platan | Platanus | sycamore

Buttonwood In Webster's Dictionary

\But"ton*wood`\, n. (Bot.) The {Platanus occidentalis}, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also {buttonball tree}, and, in some parts of the United States, {sycamore}. The California buttonwood is {P. racemosa}.

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